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Shiksa
Term for a non-Jewish woman or girl / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shiksa (Yiddish: שיקסע, romanized: shikse) is an often disparaging,[1] although not always, term for a gentile[lower-alpha 1] woman or girl. The word, which is of Yiddish origin, has moved into English usage and some Hebrew usage (as well as Polish and German), mostly in North American Jewish culture.
Not to be confused with Shiksha (vedic phonology).
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Among Orthodox Jews, the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts.
The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is shegetz.[2] Because of Jewish matrilineal descent, there is often less of a taboo associated with non-Jewish men.[3][4][5]